Gwynfryn Lodge, Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd

Coordinates

Latitude: 52.9229 / 52°55'22"N

Longitude: -4.2791 / 4°16'44"W

OS Eastings: 246876

OS Northings: 338595

OS Grid: SH468385

Mapcode National: GBR 5H.MYVJ

Mapcode Global: WH44D.7SKM

Plus Code: 9C4QWPFC+58

Entry Name: Gwynfryn Lodge

Listing Date: 31 March 1999

Last Amended: 31 March 1999

Grade: II

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 21580

Building Class: Domestic

ID on this website: 300021580

Location: The lodge stands at the S end of the long drive to Plas Gwynfryn, 500m W of Llanystymdwy village.

County: Gwynedd

Town: Criccieth

Community: Llanystumdwy

Traditional County: Caernarfonshire

Tagged with: Gatehouse

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History

The lodge was built c1880 for the new building of Plas Gwynfryn.

Exterior

Built of snecked square rockfaced rubble with ashlar dressings and a slate roof capped with red clayware roll ridge tiles. One storey and attic, a long N-S block with a short off-centre cross wing projecting to the E as a canted bay with pyramidal roof, and to the rear for services. Boarded door at the S end of the E front, set within a timber-framed porch, under an extension of the roof. Perforated spandrels. N of the canted front wing, a large dormer. At the S gable end, a square bay window with a stone parapet. Decorative bargeboards. Central stack with string and outsetting head. The rear wing roof is set lower than the N-S range, swept low to the S, and it has a C20 flat roofed extension in similar stone.

Reasons for Listing

Included as a carefully designed asymmetrical picturesque composition, with good detail, an attractive example of a Tudor Gothic park lodge.

External Links

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Other nearby listed buildings

II Ysgol Llanystumdwy
The school lies at the W end of the village, on the N side of the road.
II No 2, Minafon
The pair of cottages stands at the W end of the village on the S side of the main road opposite the school.
II No 1, Minafon
The pair of cottages stands at the W end of the village on the S side of the main road opposite the school.
II Churchyard Wall and Lychgate to the Church of St John the Baptist
The churchyard wall separates the encircling road from the oval graveyard on the S; the lychgate provides access to the churchyard from the road on the W side, opposite the tower.
II Church of St John the Baptist
The parish church stands conspicuously in its graveyard on the N side of the Afon Dwyfor in the centre of Llanystuymdwy.
II Ty'n Llan
The house stands behind and on the N side of the Church of St John the Baptist at the centre of the village.
II Milestone
The milestone stands immediately at the W end of the N parapet of the bridge, under a road sign.
II Pont Llanystumdwy
The bridge carries the main street of the village over the Afon Dwyfor.

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Gwynfryn Lodge

A Grade II Listed Building in Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd